1st Quarter - Amendment

PODESTA GROUP, INC. for NOVARTIS SERVICES, INC.

Firm
Client
Income
$60,000
Expenses
—

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing Filed Amount Counted
1st Quarter - Report Apr 19, 2009 $60,000 Replaced
1st Quarter - Amendment (this page) Apr 22, 2009 $60,000 Yes

What was lobbied

2 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 S. Con. Res. 13 H. Con. Res. 85

Foreign entity interest: Novartis AG to the degree that public policies, either laws or regulations, commercially benefit Novartis Corporation, so too Novartis AG, as its parent, will benefit.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PAUL BRATHWAITE Exec. Dir., Congressional Black Caucus
SHARON COHEN —
DAVID MORRISON House Approps. Defense Subcmttee, Staff Dir.
ANTHONY PODESTA —
JOHN SCOFIELD Ass't Press Sec'y, Sen. Mark Hatfield
THOMAS B SPARKMAN Health Policy Intern, Senate HELP Committee
DONNI TURNER Legislative Assistant, Senator Richard Durbin
NICOLE C YOUNG —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 1 (111th), S.Con.Res. 13 (111th), H.Con.Res. 85 (111th)

Health Issues HCR

Vaccine Issues Pandemic Influenza

Foreign entity interest: Novartis AG to the degree that public policies, either laws or regulations, commercially benefit Novartis Corporation, so too Novartis AG, as its parent, will benefit.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PAUL BRATHWAITE Exec. Dir., Congressional Black Caucus
SHARON COHEN —
DAVID MORRISON House Approps. Defense Subcmttee, Staff Dir.
ANTHONY PODESTA —
JOHN SCOFIELD Ass't Press Sec'y, Sen. Mark Hatfield
THOMAS B SPARKMAN Health Policy Intern, Senate HELP Committee
DONNI TURNER Legislative Assistant, Senator Richard Durbin
NICOLE C YOUNG —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

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